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Create Directories in PowerShell

Build directory structures with New-Item.

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Create Directories in PowerShell

The New-Item command can also create directories. Learn to organize your file system with folders.

Creating Directories

Try the command

Create a new folder!

Build the command
mkdir[arguments]
Terminal
PS C:\Users\Student>mkdir projects

Directory Creation

Terminal
documents.txt
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\MkdirDemo>ls

Knowledge Check

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How do you create a directory named 'data'?

References

These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.

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